Ring-setting.



R. ROSENTHAL.

RING SETTING.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 14, 191sv 1,081,153, Patented Dec.9,1913.

WITNESSES INVENTOR i'a/n Ema/7 ffid/ u By M ATTORNEYS RUBIN ROSENTHAL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

RING-SETTING.

specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 14, 1913.

Patented Dec. 9, 1913. SeIia1Ilo.'754,218.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RUBIN Rosnnrnan, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Ring-Setting, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in ring setting and has for an object to provide an improved structure for producing the same finish from the top of the setting downwardly through the ring.

Another object of the invention is to pro vide a setting with an extending sleeve designed to project through the ring so as to provide an anchoring device and a reflecting device of the same kind as the fingers or prongs of the setting.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a setting formed of a sheet or layer of gold or other metal, and an inner layer of a dififerent metal, as for instance platinum, the setting being formed with a projecting sleeve designed to extend through the ring, whereby the inner layer oi platinum will be exposed for the full depth of the setting, and the thickness of the ring in order to properly reflect light upon a stone carried by the prongs of the setting.

In carrying out the objects of the invention, a ring of any desired kind is taken and formed with a hole or aperture therethrough preferably at the thickened portion thereof, also the ring is preferably formed with shouldered or thickened por tion surrounding the hole so as to receive a setting having a shouldered or thickened portion, and having a shank or tubular member extending through the hole or aperture in the ring. This provides a strong rigid structure and also allows of the use of a reflecting material, as for instance platinum, which will extend from the top of the setting entirely through the ring and thus provide a proper reflecting medium for the stone carried by the prongs oi the setting A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a side view of a ring, the upper part being shown in section for better disclosing the invention; and Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1, but showing a slightly modified structure. Fig. 3 is a side view of a stone mount or setting.

Referring to the accon'ipanying drawings by numerals, 1 indicates a ring of any kind, as for instance a gold ring, provided with an enlargement 2 in which an aperture 3 is formed. A shouldered portion 4 is also provided for engaging a shouldered portion 5 of the setting 6. The setting 6 is provided with an annular tubular member or extension 7, extending through aperture 3 and forming lining there-tin: The setting 6 is forn'xed with any desired number of prongs S for receiving and holding a stone of any kind. It will be observed from Fig. 1 that the same colored metal will be disclosed from the upper or outer point of the prongs 8 to the bottom of the tubular member 7. When the setting 6 made oi platinum and the interior is burnished, a reflecting background is provided for the stone for causing the same to reflect light in a better mannor.

in Fig. 2 a slightly modified form of the invention is shown in which the setting 6 is provided with a lining 9 of platinum, the outer part of the setting being gold or any other desired mate-rial, prefe 'ably ot' the same kind of material as the ring 1. By providing the lining 9, the same effect is produced in respect to the reflection of the light as is produced in the form shown in Fig. 1, and in addition the outer part of the setting is caused. to resemble the material of which the ring 1 is made, as for instance gold. In this way there will be no contrast between the outer appearance of the setting and the ring, but the full reflecting effect of the burnished platinum will be provided.

In carrying out my invention it will be noticed that I secure by the construction presented a settingin which the body of the setting is of suflicient thickness to secure the strength desired, the bore is uninterrupted from end to end of the setting, the thickness of the tapered cylindrical extension is reduced and the downwardly facing shoulder aids in securing the desired strength at the union between the ring and the setting when applied thereto and also secures the union in such manner as to aid in effecting a coin.- cidence and merger between the lines of the outer side of: the body of the setting and the meeting lines on the outer surface of the ring to which the setting is applied, thus contributing to the effect in the set ring commonly recognized as the Tiffany setting.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent l. A ring setting comprising a body por tion formed with retaining prongs, and a tapering tubular extension at the base of the body portion, an integral external downwardly facing shoulder being formed at the juncture of the body and extension and aiding in securing a coincidence and merger between the lines of the outer side of the body of the setting and those of the ring to which the setting is applied, the wall of the extension being of less thickness than that of the body portion, and the setting having a bore extending from end to end through the body portion and extension and tapering toward its inner end on an uninterrupted line, all substantially as described, whereby the thickness and strength is secured in the body of the setting, the uninterrupted bore is unaffected and the desired strength of connection with a ring is aided by the shouldered construction of the setting, substantially as set forth.

2. In a setting of the class described, the combination with a ring having a shouldered portion in which is arranged a tapering aperture, said shouldered port-ion having a fiat annular upper face, of a setting comprising a body portion formed with retaining prongs, and a tapering tubular extension at the base of the body portion, an integral external downwardly facing shoulder being formed atthe juncture of the body and extension and aiding in securing a coin cidence and merger between the lines of the outer side of the body of the setting and those of the ring to which the setting is applied, the wall of the extension being of less thickness than that of the body portion, and the setting having a bore extending from end to end through the body portion and extension and tapering toward its inner end on an uninterrupted line, all substantially as described, whereby the thickness and strength is secured in the body of the setting, the uninterrupted bore is unaffected and the desired strength of connection with a ring is aided by the shouldered construction of the setting, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

RUBIN ROSENTHAL. Witnesses:

A. L. KITOI-IIN, JOHN P. Davis.

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Washington, D. G. 

